Takahashi had an idea before he came to see his father, Takahashi Kazuki. He said: "Father, my sons have fought with the fleet of the Tang Dynasty, and I still don't know how to deal with them. You also know the situation of the Baekje people's naval army, which has now been basically wiped out by the Tang Dynasty. If they come, our navy will probably be helpless against them.

As far as Erchen knows, the Tang Dynasty organized the Eastern Expeditionary Army this time, and the target was our Kyushu Island. The people of Baekje are our allies, and the Tang Dynasty people attacked Baekje first this time, which is to defeat our allies first. I'm afraid the next target is, no, it must be our Kyushu Island.

Erchen believes that in order to avoid the catastrophe of Kyushu Island, accepting the conditions of the Tang Dynasty is probably the only choice, and besides, Jiumiko is still in their hands. Therefore, Erchen's opinion was to negotiate with the Tang Dynasty. ”

Takahashi Kazuki asked, "Since the Tang Dynasty people have such a strong fighting power, they are fully capable of attacking Kyushu Island after defeating the Baekje people, why should they negotiate with us?" ”

Takahashi Taro said: "This matter, Erchen still can't figure it out for a while, but there must be his reasons for it. Erchen thinks that there may be several reasons, one is that they do not have many troops in the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and the Baekje people will also suffer considerable losses after the battle, and they are temporarily unable to attack our Kyushu Island. The second reason is that they have their own internal contradictions, and they are not allowed to continue attacking Kyushu Island. As for what the exact reason was, Erchen couldn't know for a while. There may be other reasons as well.

Erchen's suggestion was that Erchen personally negotiate with the Tang Dynasty people and explore their truth.

Erchen believes that if we can really reach an agreement with the Tang Dynasty people as Jiumeizi said in the letter, with the help of the Tang Dynasty people's strength, we can defeat our old enemies and restore the glory of our ancestors. ”

Takahashi Kazuki nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, then you can go for it yourself." If you can judge that the people of the Tang Dynasty really have no ill will towards us, then agree to their conditions. ”

"Yes, father, the retainer will leave for Baekje immediately to talk to the prince of the Tang Dynasty."

"Yangzhou".

Looking at the tall and mighty "Yangzhou", Wang Xuance felt a burst of pride in his heart. He had long heard that the Tang Army had an invincible armada, and he had been in the northwest, and today was the first time he had seen it, and the excitement in his heart was inevitable.

The general of Silla, who came with him, looked at the "Yangzhou" in front of him and the almost equally tall sail battleships in the port, envious and jealous, with a hint of fear.

He and Wang Hyunce came to talk with Li You, and specially took the Sea Eagle warship, which Silla was proud of. When the Sea Eagle warship came to the "Yangzhou," he craned his neck vigorously and looked up, so that he could see the side of the "Yangzhou," which was nearly two feet higher than his own warship. He shook his head vigorously as he imagined that as a Silla soldier, he would climb onto the enemy's battleship from here to fight in a gang, and he would encounter the enemy's condescending attack.

At this time, a cage was lowered from the "Yangzhou", and Wang Xuance and General Silla got on the cage and came to the deck of the "Yangzhou". Standing on the deck, the tall five-story ship building above, still needs to look up to see the top. From here, when you look down at the Sea Eagle battleship, it looks more like a small dwarf standing next to the giant.

Bai Hu and Sima Jiong came to greet Wang Xuance and the Silla general, and Wang Xuance, in order to deter the Silla general, specially said: "Sima, Baihu, before meeting the prince, let me and the general visit our 'Yangzhou'." ”

Baihu was very clever and immediately understood what Wang Xuance meant, that is, to give the general of Silla a dismount. So he called the captain of the "Yangzhou" ship, and he accompanied the general and Wang Xuance to visit the "Yangzhou".

After the Silla general got on the ship, he wanted to visit the "Yangzhou", but he was embarrassed to mention that Wang Xuance's proposal was in his arms. So he visited the "Yangzhou" with great interest. The "Yangzhou" made a deep impression on the general with its wide hull, tall sails, trebuchets, bed crossbows, slapsticks, and Tang officers and men armed to the teeth.

Soon after, Li You met with General Silla Guodae, which was attended by Cheng Yanjin, Liu Renliang, Xue Rengui and others.

Li You and the others were very enthusiastic about the general, not only entertaining him ceremoniously, but also giving him many gifts. Among the gifts he received, there were three things he couldn't put down. The first is a Tang knife, the second is a telescope, and the third is a compass the size of a palm. After receiving the third gift, the general was as itchy as a child, and wished that the banquet would end as soon as possible, so that he could go and play alone.

Silla and Baekje have always been rivals, and negotiations between the Tang Dynasty and Silla went very well. The two sides reached an agreement that Silla would garrison the border of Baekje in response to the actions of the Tang army, and that the supply of materials during the Tang army's operations would be sold by Silla to the Tang army at market prices. Together with Silla, the Tang army put pressure on Baekje and forced the Baekje people to agree to the conditions proposed by the Tang and Silla states.

The general was a little dissatisfied and said, "Your Highness, why don't we destroy Baekje together?" ”

Li You had his own difficulties, but when it came to the internal affairs of the Tang Dynasty, it was inconvenient for him to confide in the generals. He said, "I originally came out to fight pirates, and I only carried the Baekje people with me, so the troops I brought out were insufficient. Let's teach the people of Baekje a hard lesson this time. When I return to Chang'an and convince the imperial court to make a decision, I will come with a large army to cooperate with Silla and destroy Baekje together.

Since the talks went very well, General Silla returned to Silla on the same day, accompanied by Wang Hyunce.

On this morning, Xue Rengui came to report to Li You and Cheng Yanjin, and he said: "Lord Wang, Suguo Gong, and the army of Baekje has gathered here, and its main cavalry force has crossed Hancheng, less than 150 li from here, and the infantry has crossed the Cheonghee River, which is only 80 li away from here. ”

Cheng Yanjin said: "Your Highness, the main force of the Baekje people has been mobilized by us, and it is time to implement the next plan." ”

The tactics of the Tang army were formulated by Xue Rengui.

Due to the Silla's practice of clearing the wilderness, the Tang army had to penetrate deep into its interior to be able to deal a heavy blow to it. The Tang army had few troops and could not engage in a decisive battle with the main force of the Baekje people, so they could only take advantage of the situation. Therefore, it was necessary to mobilize the main force of the Baekje people, and then take advantage of the strong mobility of the navy to transfer the main force of the Tang army, land in the area where the Baekje people were arranged, and then use the strong mobility of the cavalry to attack the Baekje towns and cause great damage to them.

The Tang army occupied Sinyougang and stationed there in order to attract the main force of the Baekje people to come and besiege it.

Li You said: "Okay, just follow the plan." ”

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Xue Rengui again reported the movement of the enemy army. The enemy's cavalry advance was less than a hundred miles away.

Li You said: "Haven't they come back yet?" ”

Xue Rengui said: "Not yet, the minister has already sent someone to urge." ”

Early this morning, Zhang Guigui, Hou Cheng and Gao Tong led 500 cavalry to attack the town of the Baekje people 40 miles away, according to the time regulations, they should return to the port before one o'clock at noon, but it is already 2 o'clock, and there is still no trace of them, Li You and others can't help but be a little anxious.